About Our Company

Matsugu was founded in 1996 by three experienced translators of
Japanese - Henryk Lipszyc, Bogusław Pindur, and Sławomir Szulc - all
lecturers at Warsaw University.

The company's name is that of a Japanese translator from medieval times;
translated loosely, "Matsugu" means, "he who faithfully transmits."

We have thus taken as the firm's motto, "Convey faithfully."

From the time of the company's foundation, our ambition has been to offer more than simply linguistic assistance.
We stand ready to satisfy the needs and expectations of all clients, individuals and businesses alike, whatever they may be.

From 1996 to today, we have handled thousands of cases from almost one thousand customers in fifteen-odd countries,
including Poland, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Russia, Israel, Japan, Korea, China, and the United States.
At the core of our firm is a permanent staff of over twenty skilled translators, carefully chosen for their abilities
in Japanese and other foreign languages.

Deployment Examples

To provide some idea of the nature, range, and difficulty of the tasks we are prepared to assume, below is a summary of some sample assignments:

High-level diplomatic and political visits:

July 2002

State visit to Poland of the Emperor and Empress of Japan

August 2003

State visit to Poland of Japanese Prime Minister Jun'ichiro Koizumi

January 2005

State visit to Japan of Polish Premier Marek Belka

December 2008

State visit to Japan of Polish President Lech Kaczyński

~December 2008

Visit to Poland of the delegation of the Japanese Business Federation (Keidanren)

June 2013

State visit to Poland of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

January 2014

Visit to Poland of State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Midori Matsushima

February 2015

State visit to Japan of Polish President Bronisław Komorowski

Major investment projects:

1998-2000 – Isuzu Motors Poland - Tychy

Interpretation during training in Japan, Great Britain, Germany, and Italy, and during
preparations for production launch and early production phase of diesel engines. Translation
of training materials and production documentation.

1999-2000 – GM Opel - Gliwice

Interpretation and translation during production of the Agila minivan, coordinated by Sumitomo Shoji.

2001-2015 – TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING POLAND - WAŁBRZYCH

Translation during the training of production crew in Japan, Great Britain and Germany during
pre-production and early production phases for transmissions, engines, and forging, sintering, and casting plants.
Translation of documentation and instruction manuals for operation of assembly lines, machining, lines, forging
machines and presses, and part of the documentation and instruction manuals for casting machines.
Translation of training materials and production documentation. Constant interpretation/translation service delivery after production startup.

2003-2015 – TOYOTA MOTOR INDUSTRIES POLAND - JELCZ-LASKOWICE

Interpretation during training of crew in Japan and during pre-production and early production phases for diesel engines.
Translation of documentation and instructions for operation of assembly lines, machining lines and casting machines.
Translation of training materials and production documentation. Constant interpretation/translation service delivery after production startup.

2001-2011 – Toyota Tsusho Europe - Polish Branch

Intepretation and translation related to the installation and equipping of production lines in Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Poland (TMMP) and Toyota Motor Industries Poland (TMIP) factories. Translation of specification and operating manuals.

2006-2008 – SHARP Manufacturing Poland - Łysomice near Toruń

Interpretation in training of production crew in Poland during pre-production and early production phases.
Translation of training materials and production documentation.

2011-2015 – NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (NEDO)

Local preparations and execution of „Japanese Environment Technologies” seminars in March 2011 and 2012. Intepretation and translation service related to NEDO activities in Poland.

2012-2014 – NSK Steering Systems Europe (Poland) – Wałbrzych

Intepretation and translation related to the new projects. Interpretation in training of production crew in Japan and in Poland during pre-production and early production phases.